Title: Flow cytometric analysis of ploidy levels in two seed-infesting Megastigmus species: applications to sex ratio and species determination at the larval stage.
Authors: Boivin, Thomas; Candau, Jean-Noël
Abstract: The article focuses on the flow cytometric analysis of ploidy levels applied to sex ration and species determination at the larval stage. Biological invasions have been widely associated with severe changes in both ecological and economic components of ecosystems. Increasing worldwide exchange of tree materials is a critical factor favouring biological invasions through considerable extensions of the distribution range of forest insects.
Subjects: NATURAL selection; NONINDIGENOUS pests; INSECT sex ratio; SEX ratio; SPECIES; FOREST insects; TREE diseases & pests
Publication: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2007, Vol 124, Issue 1, p125
ISSN: 0013-8703
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00576.x

Flow cytometric analysis of ploidy levels in two seed-infesting Megastigmus species: applications to sex ratio and species determination at the larval stage.

Boivin, Thomas; Candau, Jean-Noël